Source: thehindu.com Political leaders have come out in support of the owners of the Maradu flats which the Supreme Court has ordered to be razed before September 20. Meanwhile, the apartment residents said they would approach the President and the Prime Minister seeking their intervention in the issue. They would write to all MPs from

Source: india.com New Delhi: A 23-year old girl lost her life after an illegal flex banner/hoarding that was erected on the median of a 200-feet radial road in Pallikaranai, Chennai for the family function of an AIADMK functionary, reportedly fell on the two-wheeler she was riding. She subsequently lost balance and fell on the road when

Source: barandbench.com The Bombay High Court recently upheld an arbitral award passed in favour of the Government of Israel, and directed a company in South Mumbai to refund a security deposit worth Rs. 1.17 crore paid for office space given on rent basis for the Israeli Consulate between 2009 and 2012. Justice RD Dhanuka passed an order to

Source: newindianexpress.com HYDERABAD: A division bench of the Telangana High Court on Thursday termed the reports filed by the authorities of the State medical and health department and GHMC on tackling dengue and other vector-borne diseases as ‘vague and inadequate’. The court directed the State government to submit a fresh report informing it of the hospitals’

Source: outlookindia.com Nainital, Sept 13 The Uttarakhand High Court Thursday began hearing a petition challenging an ordinance that exempted politicians from paying the market rent for government bungalows allocated to them as ex-chief ministers. Last week, Uttarakhand Governor Baby Rani Maurya promulgated the ordinance exempting former chief ministers from paying the high rent. The ordinance

Source: indianexpress.com The Bombay High Court on Wednesday allowed occupants to redevelop 25 dilapidated buildings at Sion Koliwada, home to displaced persons from Pakistan after the Partition of India. An affidavit was filed by Shyamsundar Patil, Joint Secretary, revenue and forest department, on behalf of the state government that it has no plans and policy

Source: theweek.in The functioning of the Madras High Court at its principal seat in Chennai and its Madurai bench was paralysed on Tuesday as lawyers boycotted proceedings protesting the transfer of Chief Justice Vijaya K Tahilramani, who for the second day abstained from work. While members of various bar associations in Chennai stayed away from

Source: livemint.com NEW DELHI : The former finance minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday has moved to Delhi High Court seeking a regular bail in the INX media corruption case. In his plea he has also challenged the CBI court order of 5 September which sent him to judicial custody till 19 September. In the petition he has alleged

Source: dnaindia.com In a major relief to a Shahibaug-based gynaecologist, the Gujarat High Court has directed the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) to de-seal a sonography machine at the doctor’s hospital.  Notably, the civic officials responsible for the implementation of Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994, had sealed the machine on May 14 for

Source: deccanchronicle.com BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court directed the state government to constitute a committee of four experts for a comprehensive study on the deaths of elephants at eight elephant camps in the state. Earlier, the court had asked the government and the petitioner to name specialists or expert body to study and report on the